Effective July 1, 2023, a new Florida law will limit certain health care providers from storing patient information offshore. CS/CS/SB 264 (Chapter 2023-33, Laws of Florida), amends the Florida Electronic Health Records...more
5/17/2023
/ Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Digital Health ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Florida ,
Health Care Providers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Patients ,
Personal Data ,
State and Local Government
Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) issued regulations under the 21st Century Cures Act advancing the interoperability of electronic health...more
This is the first alert in a series of Bradley installments on privacy issues that may arise during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This first installment focuses on disclosure of personally identifiable health information...more
On October 15, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Anthem, Inc. will pay $16 million to settle OCR’s investigation of its potential violations of the Health...more
10/24/2018
/ Anthem Insurance ,
Corrective Actions ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Settlement
On June 18, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that an HHS Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) granted summary judgment to OCR in an enforcement action...more
8/2/2018
/ Administrative Hearings ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
AHLA ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Confidential Information ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Encryption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Risk Assessment ,
Summary Judgment
A global ransomware attack began early last Friday and has affected businesses and government entities in 150 countries, including Britain’s national health system, FedEx, Spain’s Telefónica, and the Russian Interior...more
5/19/2017
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Malware ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
US-CERT
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the largest settlement to date for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....more
9/21/2016
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Business Associates ,
Covered Entities ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
OCR ,
Risk Management ,
Settlement Agreements